New Greenland maps show more glaciers at risk

November 1, 2017

New maps of Greenland's coastal seafloor and bedrock beneath its massive ice sheet show that two to four times as many coastal glaciers are at risk of accelerated melting as had previously been thought.
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SourceUniversity of California, Irvine

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